Cabinet type folding crib construction



arch 6, 1951 C, v WILSON CABINET TYPE FOLDING CRIB CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 25, 1947 INVENTOR. 4 C'a//Je I/ la//Yson @Y MMM@ Patented Mar. 6, 1951 CABINET TYPE FOLDING CRIB CONSTRUCTION Caliste V. Wilson, North Hollywood, Calif.

Application September Z5, 1947, Serial No. 776,037

1 claim. l

The device comprising the present invention comprises in combination, a cabinet, and a foldable crib-bed construction so arranged as to be susceptible of being encased within the cabinet when not in use, but which may be extended from the cabinet for functional use, and to this end the invention resides in the novel combination in use of detail appurtenances and construction all so inter-related as to form a novel play-pen and/or crib-bed for infants when extended vfor such use.

An advantage of the present construction resides in the fact that when not in normal functional use, the device may be used as an article of furniture such as a support for papers, magazines, or a clock, or portrait pictures, or other household effects.

Another advantage of the construction resides in the facility with which the device may -be rearranged to form a bed for visiting infants, thereby obviati'ng the necessity for carrying bedding facilities for infants when visiting.

A still further advantage of use of a cabinet housing resides in the facility with which the crib-bed features of the construction may be removed when no longer needed, whereby a book case or other use cabinet may be had.

Other objects and advantages of the invention may be noted from the accompanying specication, the drawing, and the sub-joined claim.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a top-plan view of the cabinet within which the crib-bed construction is housed; and,

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the cabinet, the folded arrangement of the crib-bed features being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the cribbed cabinet.

Figure 4 is a view analogous to that shown in Figure 2, excepting that here the doors of the cabinet have been swung to open position` which is the functional position thereof when the cribbed is in extended position for Iuse.

Figure 5 is a front elevational view showing the crib-bed in normal functional position.

Figure 6 is a structural detail taken substantially along line 6 6, Figure 4 showing the method used to support the guard-railof the construction, as well as the means used to support the bed spring.

Figure 7 is a detail of construction taken along line 7 1, Figure 6, showing the means used to support the bed-spring and coincidentally therewith, serve as a means to hold the cabinet d QOrS openand in fixed spaced relation whereby they serve not only as adjuncts of support for the cribbedconstruction, but also as a head and foot thereof so as to provide protection against draft or other moving currents of air.

Inthe drawing the reference character Ill indicates the cabinet within which the bed construction IZ of this invention is normally housed when not in functional use, and which serves as a supporttherefor when in extended use for occupancy. The numeral I4 indicates the top of the cabinet, while the numerals I6 and I8 indicate the sides thereof. Since the cabinet forms a complete enclosure for the crib-bed, it is also provided with a back 2E! and a bottom 22, while halfdoors 24 and 26 hinged as at 28 to the sides I6 and I8 completes the physical structure thereof.

Within the cabinet Il! and primarily as an adjunct of the bed construction, I place an elongated shelf 3B, to the forward edge of which I hingedlv attach a bed spring 32 of standard form for crib-beds, whereby the spring may be swung to a vertical position as shown in dotted lines, see Figure 2, or may be extended in horizontal position as shown in Figures 4 through 7, and when in horizontal position the end portions of the frame 34 rest in an open slot 36 created between the half doors 24 and 26 and an off-set bracket of wood or metal which is attached to each of the doors as shown particularly in Figures 5, 6 and '7.

The construction thus had creates not only a xed horizontal support for the hinged `bed spring 32, but also provides a convenient and practical means to prevent the doors 24 and 26 from swinging upon their hinges when the device is in functional use, as might be the case if the spring was supported otherwise, and this feature of construction is of importance, for the doors additionally support a guard-rail 38 in vertical position across the front of the bed as a means of preventing an infant from falling therefrom. As shown in Figures 5 and 6, the guard rail 3B is vertically slidable between spaced L-shaped elements 4E! attached to the doo-rs Z4 and 26 by such convenient means as screws 42, and the construction thus had is adapted to prevent the guard rail from outward movement as well as permitting of raising and lowering thereof for the purpose of attendance to the occupant. Pins 44 extending through the stiles 46 of the guard-rail may be selectably inserted in any of a plural number of recesses 48 formed in the half-doors 24 and 2", and serve to secure the guard-rail in selected vertical position as a matter of convenience or necessity.

A mattress 50 of standard form completes the basic form of the bed-crib construction of this invention.

To place the structure in dis-use, it is only necessary to raise the mattress 50 on its inner longitudinal edge, in which position it rests upon the shelf 30 as shown in dotted `lines in Figure 2. It may be lhere noted that the shelf 30 also serves as a non-resilient support for a minor portion of the mattress when in functional posi tion. After standing the mattress on its inner edge the guard-rail is detached by withdrawing the pins 44 from the holding recess 48, whereafter the guard-rail is stood o-n its longitudinal edge upon the shelf 30 adjacent the mattress, The spring assembly 32 may now be swung upwardly upon its supporting hinge 52 and secured in vertical position across the guard-rail 38 by such conventional means ,as a spring pressed latch 54. The doors 24 and 2.8 are then swung to closed position as shown in Figure 3, thereby completing the disrassembly and returning the appearance of the equipment to that .of ,a normal cabinet, the top surface 14 of which may now be used in the manner previously referred to.

Having thus described my invention in its pre- .ferred form, that which I hold to be novel and which I desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

In a bed structure for infants, including a bed spring and a guard-rail for said bed structure, in combination, a cabinet including structural side portions and being provided with oppositeiv swingable doors hinged to .said cabinet, a shelf secured in said cabinet, said shelf being so disposed therein as to form a greater and a lesser compartment in said cabinet, a bed-spring hinged to said shelf for partial support thereof and adapted to be vertically swung into said greater compartment and to be alternatively swung therefrom to extend in a horizontal plane, said doors forming head and foot portions of said bed structure when swung open at degrees With respect to said cabinet, means on each of said doors to partially support and position said bed-spring when in a horizo-ntal plane whereby said bed-spring acts as a xture to space said doorsl in constant position across the ends of said spring, and means upon each of said doors to adjustably position and support said guard-rail vertically and longitudinally of said bed-spring, said guard-rail, cabinet doors and elements of side portions of said cabinet forming an enclosure for said bed structure whereby said bed structure is adapted to serve an infant as a bed and as a play-pen.

CALISTE V. WILSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 4137,628 Smith Apr. 8, 1873 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 169,224 Great Britain Sept. 12, 1921 

